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ArticleWatch Out For ´Definitional Disconnect´ In Outsourcing ContractsWith John Buyers, a partner and head of Commercial, Outsourcing and Technology at international law firm Stephenson Harwood. Buyers has practiced for many years as a lawyer in the IT and outsourcing industries, including at Elonex plc where he was general counsel and at Capgemini where he was lead international outsourcing counsel.United KingdomEmployment and HRShoosmiths
ArticleBank Charges – The Debate Goes OnIn The Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc and Others [2008] EWHC 875, the test case launched by the OFT into the legitimacy and fairness of bank charges, the High Court found that the charges do not represent unenforceable penalty clauses, but it held that they remain susceptible to an assessment of fairness by the OFT under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 ("the Regulations"). United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationShoosmiths
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ArticleLehman´s TermsIn two recent decisions, the Companies Court has rejected attempts by creditors of Lehman Brothers to expedite certain aspects of the administration process.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationShoosmiths
Article"Pay As You Go" Principle In SIV Insolvencies - AppealIn Golden Key Ltd (In Receivership) [2009] EWCA Civ 636 the Court of Appeal had to construe the complex documents governing the relationship between a structural investment vehicle and its noteholders. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationShoosmiths
ArticleRecent Developments In Finance Litigation: Restriction On Sub-ParticipationThe Court of Appeal has held in (1) British Energy Power & Trading Ltd (2) Eggborough Power (Holdings) Ltd (3) Eggborough Power Ltd v (1) Credit Suisse (2) Ampere Ltd (3) Ampere 1 Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 53 that where a bank entered into option agreements in part as agent for other banks participating in a syndicated refinancing arrangement, it was a question of construction of the provisions of the option agreements whether “the Buyer” was that bank as security trustee, or the other financing banksUnited KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationShoosmiths
Article#10thingssh You Need To Know About The Draft NPPF ReformsLast week, the Government released a long-awaited consultation draft to proposed National Planning and Policy Framework (the "NPPF") policy reformsUnited KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionShoosmiths
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ArticleChanges To The Notifiable Events RegimeThe government is consulting on much anticipated draft regulations fleshing out the details of the new notifiable event requirements introduced by the Pension Schemes Act 2021.United KingdomEmployment and HRShoosmiths
ArticleWhat Should Employers Include In A Hybrid Working Policy?Thanks to the pandemic ‘working from home' is a phrase we are all used to hearing. With the lifting of restrictions, however, ‘hybrid working' is set to take its place. United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)Shoosmiths
ArticleSuccessor To LCIA-MIAC Arbitration Centre Publishes New Arbitration RulesThe Mauritius International Arbitration Centre ("MIAC"), which was recently established in Mauritius to succeed the LCIA-MIAC Arbitration Centre, has published its first Arbitration Rules.United KingdomInternational LawShoosmiths
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